Lee S Dispatches

Author : Douglas Southall Freeman
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1994-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0807119571

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Lee's Dispatches by Douglas Southall Freeman Pdf

An important primary source for eighty years, Lee's Dispatches is now once again available to Civil War scholars, students, and enthusiasts. When first published in 1914, these letters, written between June 2, 1862, and April 1, 1865, put Lee's strategy in clearer perspective and shed new light on certain of his moves that had been in dispute.As Douglas Southall Freeman states in the Introduction, every written line of Lee's was a lesson in war. For example, the letters reveal that in 1862, when plans for the defense of Richmond were under review, the Confederate high command considered but rejected a bold proposal to strengthen Stonewall Jackson's army in the Shenandoah Valley, embark on a vigorous offensive campaign against the North, and, if necessary, abandon Richmond.Together these 215 dispatches offer a portrait of Lee that can otherwise be glimpsed only by sifting through hundreds of other letters scattered through the ponderous volumes of the Official Records. They fill many important details about the leadership of the South's greatest general, especially about his close and always cooperative relationships with President Davis.

Author : Robert Edward Lee,Wymberley Jones De Renne
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1377003248

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Lee's Dispatches by Robert Edward Lee,Wymberley Jones De Renne Pdf

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Author : Robert E 1807-1870 Lee
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1359214453

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Lee's Dispatches; by Robert E 1807-1870 Lee Pdf

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Author : Robert E. (Robert Edward) 1807-187 Lee,Douglas Southall Ed Freeman,Wymberley Jones 1853-1916 De Renne, Ed
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1371241252

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LEES DISPATCHES by Robert E. (Robert Edward) 1807-187 Lee,Douglas Southall Ed Freeman,Wymberley Jones 1853-1916 De Renne, Ed Pdf

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Author : Steven E. Woodworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015037867333

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Davis and Lee at War by Steven E. Woodworth Pdf

Woodworth shows how the lack of a unified purpose and strategy in the East sealed the Confederacy's fate.

Author : Lawrence Lee Hewitt,Thomas E. Schott
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781572338869

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Lee and His Generals by Lawrence Lee Hewitt,Thomas E. Schott Pdf

A legendary professor at Louisiana State University, T. Harry Williams not only produced such acclaimed works as Lincoln and the Radicals, Lincoln and His Generals, and a biography of Huey Long that won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, but he also mentored generations of students who became distinguished historians in their own right. In this collection, ten of those former students, along with one author greatly inspired by Williams’s example, offer incisive essays that honor both Williams and his career-long dedication to sound, imaginative scholarship and broad historical inquiry. The opening and closing essays, fittingly enough, deal with Williams himself: a biographical sketch by Frank J. Wetta and a piece by Roger Spiller that place Williams in larger historical perspective among writers on Civil War generalship. The bulk of the book focuses on Robert E. Lee and a number of the commanders who served under him, starting with Charles Roland’s seminal article “The Generalship of Robert E. Lee,” the only one in the collection that has been previously published. Among the essays that follow Roland’s are contributions by Brian Holden Reid on the ebb and flow of Lee’s reputation, George C. Rable on Stonewall Jackson’s deep religious commitment, A. Wilson Greene on P. G. T. Beauregard’s role in the Petersburg Campaign, and William L. Richter on James Longstreet as postwar pariah. Together these gifted historians raise a host of penetrating and original questions about how we are to understand America’s defining conflict in our own time—just as T. Harry Williams did in his. And by encompassing such varied subjects as military history, religion, and historiography, Lee and His Generals demonstrates once more what a fertile field Civil War scholarship remains. Lawrence Lee Hewitt is professor of history emeritus at Southeastern Louisiana University. Most recently, he and Arthur W. Bergeron, now deceased, coedited three volumes of essays under the collective title Confederate Generals in the Western Theater. Thomas E. Schott served for many years as a historian for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Special Operations Command. He is the author of Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia: A Biography, which won both the Society of American Historians Award and the Jefferson Davis Award.

Author : Robert E. Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1330648951

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Lee's Dispatches (Classic Reprint) by Robert E. Lee Pdf

Excerpt from Lee's Dispatches The passage of years and the death of his comrades-in-arms have increased rather than diminished the fame of General Robert E. Lee as a military commander. Detractors and panegyrists alike are dead. The careless overstatements of partisans have given place to the cool analysis of impartial investigators; rigid comparisons of his strategy and tactics with those of other great captains have assured him a place higher than if somewhat different from that assigned him by his contemporaries. The publication and study of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies have unquestionably been the chief reasons for this more general recognition of Lee's military genius. Prior to the appearance of the Records, his fame rested on the unreliable testimony of such foreign critics as the Comte dc Paris and upon the more friendly, though scarcely more accurate statements of lieutenants who wrote largely from memory and inevitably fell into errors more or less serious. Put with the completion of the Records, Lee's campaigns have been scrutinized in the calm light of indisputable evidence. Documents unknown have been located, reports and correspondence that his early biographers scarcely thought to exist have been given to the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : James J. Barnes,Patience P. Barnes
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Diplomats
ISBN : 0873388313

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The American Civil War Through British Eyes Dispatches from British Diplomats: November 1860-April 1862 by James J. Barnes,Patience P. Barnes Pdf

Author : Wymberley Jones De Renne,Robert E. Lee,Douglas Southall Freeman
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1293234362

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Lee's Dispatches; Unpublished Letters of General Robert E. Lee, C. S. A. , to Jefferson Davis and the War Department of the Confederate States of America by Wymberley Jones De Renne,Robert E. Lee,Douglas Southall Freeman Pdf

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author : Warren C. Robinson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803205651

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Jeb Stuart and the Confederate Defeat at Gettysburg by Warren C. Robinson Pdf

"The Army was much embarrassed by the absence of the cavalry," Robert E. Lee wrote of the Gettysburg campaign, stirring a controversy that has never died. Lee's statement was an indirect indictment of General James Ewell Brown ("Jeb") Stuart, who was the cavalry.

Author : Douglas Southall Freeman
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 995 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786259486

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Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study In Command by Douglas Southall Freeman Pdf

Following the critical success of R. E. Lee: A Biography, for which he won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize, author Douglas Southall Freeman expanded his study of the Confederacy with the critically acclaimed three-volume Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study in Command, originally published in 1942, 1943, and 1944. Together, the three volumes present a unique combination of military strategy, biography, and Civil War history, and shows how armies actually work. Published during World War II, it had a great influence on American military leaders and strategists. Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study in Command established Freeman as the pre-eminent military historian in the country, and led to close friendships with United States generals George Marshall and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Author : Douglas Southall Freeman
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786259509

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R. E. Lee: A Biography by Douglas Southall Freeman Pdf

Following the immediate critical success of Lee’s Dispatches, author Douglas Southall Freeman was approached by New York publisher Charles Scribner’s Sons and invited to write a biography of Robert E. Lee. He accepted, and his research of Lee was exhaustive: he evaluated and cataloged every item about Lee, and reviewed records at West Point, the War Department, and material in private collections. In narrating the general’s Civil War years, he used what came to be known as the “fog of war” technique—providing readers only the limited information that Lee himself had at a given moment. This helped convey the confusion of war that Lee experienced, as well as the processes by which Lee grappled with problems and made decisions. R. E. Lee: A Biography was published in four volumes in 1934 and 1935. In its book review, The New York Times declared it “Lee complete for all time.” Historian Dumas Malone wrote, “Great as my personal expectations were, the realization far surpassed them.” In 1935, Freeman was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his four-volume biography. Freeman’s R. E. Lee: A Biography remains the authoritative study on the Confederate general.

Author : David J. Eicher
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Generals
ISBN : 9780878331475

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Robert E. Lee by David J. Eicher Pdf

Robert E. Lee offers both a succinct biography and "the" definitive collection of nearly 350 photographs, important paintings, original engravings, artifacts, and significant documents pertaining to the Confederate general. Although the Civil War years are emphasized, Lee's early years, the Mexican War, and the postwar years in Lexington are amply explored.

Author : William Harris Bragg
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0820320897

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De Renne by William Harris Bragg Pdf

Much of what is known today of Georgia history was preserved through the diligent efforts of a single family. From Wormsloe, their ancestral plantation near Savannah, the De Rennes built an extraordinary collection of books and manuscripts on the history of the state and the Confederacy, much of which is now housed at the University of Georgia and the Museum of the Confederacy. This book focuses on their efforts in the years 1827 through 1970, conveying the passion and purpose with which they pursued their avocation. William Harris Bragg has mined a vast array of archival sources to present this engaging narrative of the De Renne family. He tells how wealthy bibliophile and philanthropist G. W. J. De Renne and his wife, Mary, set the precedent for the family’s accumulation of historic material, how their son established the Wymberley Jones De Renne Georgia Library that bears his name, and how his children in turn expanded upon that tradition. The De Rennes also printed limited editions of primary historical materials beginning with the series known as the Wormsloe Quartos. Bragg’s account of three generations of the De Renne family vividly records their achievements as it reconstructs their life at Wormsloe and follows them in their travels around the world. It provides glimpses into the dynamics and behavior of one of Georgia’s oldest and most prominent families and the evolution of the southern aristocracy. The book draws on newly available material to expand significantly on Ellis Merton Coulter’s 1955 work, Wormsloe, and provides the most complete account to date of the De Rennes. Beyond the story of the De Renne family, Bragg also reveals much about the history of collecting and of the antiquarian book trade, as well as of the evolution of Georgia historical documentation. Appendix material includes genealogical tables and lists of collections and publications, making De Renne: Three Generations of a Georgia Family an invaluable source for all scholars and aficionados of southern history.

Author : Allen C. Guelzo
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101912225

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Robert E. Lee by Allen C. Guelzo Pdf

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the award-winning historian and best-selling author of Gettysburg comes the definitive biography of Robert E. Lee. An intimate look at the Confederate general in all his complexity—his hypocrisy and courage, his inner turmoil and outward calm, his disloyalty and his honor. "An important contribution to reconciling the myths with the facts." —New York Times Book Review Robert E. Lee is one of the most confounding figures in American history. Lee betrayed his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose. He was a traitor to the country he swore to serve as an Army officer, and yet he was admired even by his enemies for his composure and leadership. He considered slavery immoral, but benefited from inherited slaves and fought to defend the institution. And behind his genteel demeanor and perfectionism lurked the insecurities of a man haunted by the legacy of a father who stained the family name by declaring bankruptcy and who disappeared when Robert was just six years old. In Robert E. Lee, the award-winning historian Allen Guelzo has written the definitive biography of the general, following him from his refined upbringing in Virginia high society, to his long career in the U.S. Army, his agonized decision to side with Virginia when it seceded from the Union, and his leadership during the Civil War. Above all, Guelzo captures Robert E. Lee in all his complexity--his hypocrisy and courage, his outward calm and inner turmoil, his honor and his disloyalty.